Handle for lawn-mowers and similar articles.



No 847,565. lfATENT BD MAR.1"9, 1907 v J. FLEMING; HANDLE FOR LAWN MOWERS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 14. 1906f Af/es/ l W- UNITED STIAES ATENT FFIGE,

JOHN FLEMING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN OR TO WILLIAM P. M. BRAUN AND JOHN T. BRAUN, COPARTNERS, TRADING AS JOHN BRAUN & SONS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE FOR LAWN-MOWERS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed December 14,1906. Serial No. 347,803.

To all whom it Tmvg concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN FLEMING, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Handles for Lawn-Mowers and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention has reference to handles for lawn-mowers and similar articles, and consists of certain improvements which are fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of handle for lawn-mowers and similar articles which shall embody cheapness, great strength, and artistic design.

My invention consists of a handle structure comprising a pole and transverse handle-bar, preferably tenoned together and combined with metal brackets bolted to opposite sides of the pole and provided with looped portions which encircle the handle-bar at points on each side of the pole.

My invention also comprehends details of construction which, together with the features above specified, will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved handle structure. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof one of the metal brackets removed and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the upper end of the pole with the handle-bar and brackets removed.

A is the pole and is shown as rectangular in cross-section.

R is the transverse handle-bar and consists of a cylindrical center B and handle ends C C and has its cylindrical part fitted to the end of the pole and connected by a tenon D thereof passing through it and held thereto by wedges d d. The end of the pole A adjacent to the tenon D is made with curved shoulders E E at each side of the tenon, and these curved shoulders snugly receive the cylindrical part B of the cross or handle bar, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be observed that by such a fit the thrust on the handle-bar will be positively transmitted to the pole. Moreover, each portion of the part B on opposite sides ofthe tenon act like wedges to hold the wooden parts into close contact and avoid all shifting.

F F are two .metal bracket-plates, which have fiat portions H, provided with flanges I and looped portions G. These plates have the looped portions encircling the cylindrical part B of the handle-bar, the flat portions H fitting against the faces of the part A below the handle-bar and the flanges I fitting over the corners to prevent shifting of the plates upon the pole. These two plates are secured firmly in position by the transverse bolt J, which passes through the pole A and both plates H H, as shown.

The function of the metal brackets F F is to impart great strength and prevent undue strain coming upon the tenoned joint. They prevent heavier pressure on one side of the handle-bar than on the other from tilting it or loosening the tenon-joint, they prevent the handle-bar being ulled off the pole, they prevent the hand e-bar being twisted torsionally loose from the pole, they receive excessive thrust strains of the handle-bar and prevent the end of the pole from splitting, and they prevent the handle-bar splitting longitudinally.

It is evident that while glue may be employed between the parts B and A the form of joint and union is so strong that glue may, if desired, be omitted.

I have shown my improved handle in the exact form in which I prefer to make it; but it will be understood that the shapes of the parts may be modified while maintaining the mechanical features of the invention herein set out.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letfiat plates fitting the sides of the pole and looped portions fitting around the handlebar, and a bolt J passing through the pole and clamping the brackets to it.

3. A handle structure comprising a pole, a handle-bar arranged transversely to the pole and secured to its end by a tenoned joint, combined with brackets F F consisting of flat flanged plates fitting the sides of the pole and clamping the corners thereof and looped portions fitting around the handle-bar, and a bolt J passing through the pole and clamping the brackets to it.

4. In a handle structure, the pole A having the tenon D and the curved shoulders E E, combined with a transverse handle-bar having a center part formed with a hole to receive the tenon and curved portions to lit the curved shoulders of the pole, and metallic devices for holding the handle-bar to the pole arranged upon each side of the pole and consisting of plates bolted to the pole and looped portions encircling the handlebar.

5. In a handle structure, the pole combined with a transverse handle-bar arranged across its end, and metallic brackets bolted to opposite sides of the pole and having looped portions which encircle the handle-bar to hold it in ositionon the end of the pole.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

. JOHN FLEMING.

Witnesses:

THEO. H. ROTH, HERMAN STEIN. 

